Topsmelt silverside

Topsmelt silverside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Subfamily: Atherinopsinae
Tribe: Atherinopsini
Genus: Atherinops
Steindachner, 1876
Species:
A. affinis
Binomial name
Atherinops affinis
(Ayres, 1860)
Synonyms[2]
  • Atherinopsis affinis Ayres, 1860
  • Atherinops insularum Gilbert, 1891
  • Atherinops magdalenae Fowler, 1903
  • Atherinops oregonia Jordan & Snyder, 1913
  • Atherinops littoralis Hubbs, 1918
  • Atherinops cedroscensis Hubbs, 1918
  • Atherinops guadalupae Hubbs, 1918

The topsmelt silverside (Atherinops affinis), also known as the topsmelt, is a species of Neotropical silverside native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Iwamoto, T.; Eschmeyer, W.; Smith-Vaniz, B.; Alvarado, J. (2010). "Atherinops affinis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183957A8206260. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183957A8206260.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Atherinops affinis". FishBase. April 2019 version.